My Beautiful Laundrette: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide

by Christine Geraghty

Overview

Described by Stuart Hall as ""one of the most riveting and important films produced by a black writer in recent years,"" My Beautiful Laundrette was a significant production for its director Stephen Frears and its writer Hanif Kureshi. Christine Geraghty considers it a crossover film: between television and cinema, realism and fantasy, and as an independent film targeting a popular audience. She deftly shows how it has remained an important and timely film in the 1990s and early 2000s, and her exploration of the film itself is an original and entertaining achievement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850434146
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/29/2004
Series:	British Film Guides
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Christine Geraghty is Chair of Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow.

Editorial Reviews

""He is still almost incapable of creating a dull or hackneyed character. This is such a rarity for younger British male authors that it needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Add to that his fresh vision of empire's aftermath and his flair for pop culture, and it's plain to see why Colin MacCabe hails 'one of the great talents of the past 25 years.'"" --Observer

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